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Fifth Street is a small town of 1,453 people in Fort Bend County, Texas. It's about 16 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $214k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,453people
$214kTypical home
$1,557/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,453
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,007 people per sq mi
- 16 mi to Houston, TX
- 16 mi to Houston, TX
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $214k (≈$1,347/mo)
- Median rent $1,557/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 3.3% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (133 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (930 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 72% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to HOU airport
- 17 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 92 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 49% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 89 ft
- 30 mi to the ocean
- 127 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 48 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,233 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 380 bars within 25 mi
- 1,112 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 37 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 63 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Fort Bend County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.